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Figures in possum skin cloaks
1898

William Barak

Medium: pencil, wash, charcoal solution, gouache and earth pigments on paper
Measurements: 57.0 × 88.8 cm (image and sheet)
Inscription: inscribed on reverse: Xmas 1898 / Painted by "King Billy" at / Corranderrk station Healesville Victoria / Australia / King of the Yarra tribe of Aboriginals
Accession Number: 1215A-5
Department: Indigenous Art
Credit Line: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1962
� Public domain
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
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Gallery location: Gallery 1
Ground Level, NGV Australia